More than $150,000 in scholarships for Youth exhibitors will be up for grabs at the 2015 AjPHA Youth World Championship Show, which takes place June 23–July 4 in Fort Worth, Texas. Building upon the work of generous APHA members who have raised $45,000 for scholarships awarded in Youth World Show halter classes plus rookie exhibitor awards, the American Paint Horse Foundation will add another $100,000 for scholarships awarded throughout the show’s world championship performance...

Kristen VanderVeen and Bull Run’s Faustino de Tili Star in the $50,000 Horse Power Grand Prix at HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Ocala, Fla. - The bleachers were full and the grass berms surrounding the Ocala Horse Properties Stadium were lined with spectators for Sunday’s $50,000 Ring Power Grand Prix, and fans were treated to an exciting class with a race to the finish. Kristen VanderVeen from St. Charles, Illinois, came out on the top with an all-out gallop to the finish on Bull Run's...

Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Fibonacci 17 (Sportfot) Wellington, Fla. - Germany's Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Fibonacci 17 were the winners in Saturday night's $372,000 Suncast® CSI 5* Grand Prix in week seven of the 2015 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). Jumping under the lights of the International Arena at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), Michaels-Beerbaum and the 10-year-old Swedish Warmblood gelding (For Feeling x Corland) won a six-horse jump-off,...

Ocala, Fla. - A star studded 41 entries competed in the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix held in the picturesque Ocala Horse Properties Stadium. Kirk Webby from White House Station, New Jersey, came out on top of the line up on Brando Du Rouet owned by the Tolleshunt Investment Group. Kirk Webby and Brando Du Rouet Win the $50,000 HITS Grand Prix in HITS Ocala (ESI Photography) Competing over Bernardo Cabral’s course of 16 jumping efforts within the 83 second time allowed narrowed the field to a...

Aleia Brown on Madeira's Fame (Howard Schatzberg) Lexington, Ky. – A talented field of competitors entered the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, November 15, in hopes of winning the USEF Saddle Seat Medal Final presented by Elisabeth M. Goth at the United Professional Horsemen's Association (UPHA) American Royal National Championship. The judging panel comprised of Ellen Beard, Brooke Jacobs, and Fay Lowry declared Aleia Brown the champion. The Dayton, Ohio, native...

Prix des States Podium (Al Cook) Harrisburg, Pa. - Prior to the start of the final Individual round of competition at the 2014 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championship, Prix des States medals were awarded and the 2013 Zone 5 Championship banner was raised. On Friday night, Zone 4 clinched Team Gold as Zone 2 edged Zone 5 to Silver in an exciting jump-off. Read about Friday night’s competition here . The Zone 4, led by Chef d’Equipe Kim Land, earned Gold on a score...

Kent Farrington and Blue Angel (Spruce Meadows Media Service) Calgary, Alberta - Kent Farrington beat a starting field of 34 entries in the $50,000 TELUS Cup 1.50m as the first event of the 'Masters'. He and Blue Angel, a 12-year-old AES mare by Luidam x Ascendant owned by Robin Parsky, were quick in 52.886 seconds for the win. Second place went to McLain Ward and HH Carlos Z in 54.482 seconds, while Pieter Devos of Belgium was just behind in third place in 54.532 seconds on Echo D....

Shannon Dahmer and Lakota Lace (Phelps Media Group) Parker, Colo. - A horse of a different color has been attracting notice at Dressage in the Rockies for more than just his spots. Lakota Lace, an 11-year-old Appaloosa/Percheron/Quarter Horse gelding, picked up back-to-back wins in the Intermediaire I at the Colorado Horse Park. In his first time out at that level, Lakota Lace scored 68.816 percent on Friday, winning the FEI High Percentage Championship, and 67.895 percent on Saturday. Trainer...

Susan Hutchison and SIG Zuleika (Phelps Media Group, Inc.) Parker, Colo. - A crowd gathered in the Animo pavilion and on the grass to watch the $15,000 Open Welcome Stake in the Kathy and Brad Coors Grand Prix Arena for Week V of Summer in the Rockies at the Colorado Horse Park. FEI course designer Marina Azevedo from Campinas, Brazil designed a big, tough but fair track for the competitors. The Open Welcome was run as a II.2 ab allowing the competitors the option to either go to the jump off...

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